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CALGARY - A fire has halted operations at one of Suncor Energy's two oilsands upgraders north of Fort McMurray, the company said Tuesday.
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No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.4 y# t. h1 g" g
; [- C' q; k' Z: F( }& F7 C; ^& `The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.. O Q1 S0 g8 f! R/ F% Q$ y( I
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Suncor has been plagued by a series fires at its oilsands operations in the past five months, suffering three fires since October in the upgraders which convert bitumen into synthetic crude oil.
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; C4 {! m" X$ R" w! U* _9 ?! NAccording to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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- u5 i2 P6 ^( j9 _* ]A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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